Fresh leaks of radioactive water in Japan

WORKERS discovered new pools of radioactive water leaking from Japan’s crippled nuclear complex as emergency crews struggled to pump out hundreds of tonnes of contaminated water and bring the plant back under control.

Officials believe the contaminated water has sent radioactivity levels soaring at the coastal complex, and caused more radiation to seep into soil and seawater.

The Fukushima power plant, 220 kilometres northeast of Tokyo, was crippled on March 11 when a tsunami spawned by a powerful earthquake slammed into Japan’s northeastern coast.